Rusty Shakleford over at the Jawa Report has a grea t read up this morning:
Hope, Change, & Lies: Orchestrated “Grassroots” Smear Campaigns & the People that Run Them [1]
In Rusty’s words;
Extensive research was conducted by the Jawa Report to determine the source of smears directed toward Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Those smears included false allegations that she belonged to a secessionist political party and that she has radical anti-American views.
Our research suggests that a subdivision of one of the largest public relations firms in the world most likely started and promulgated rumors about Sarah Palin that were known to be false. These rumors were spread in a surreptitious manner to avoid exposure.
It is also likely that the PR firm was paid by outside sources to run the smear campaign. While not conclusive, evidence suggests a link to the Barack Obama campaign.
It actually goes on for quite a bit, and dives deep into the underside of modern political dirty tricks as only the Democrats can bring them, and I commend it to you reading.